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This page describes the practice. There is deliberately no automated reading for it — see the notes below.
Background
Etteilla (Jean-Baptiste Alliette) was the first known professional tarot occultist to make his living by card divination. He devised a tarot method in 1783 and published his treatise on it from 1783 to 1785.
How it works
Etteilla systematically tabulated the possible meanings of each card in a reading, an approach later card readers built on.
At a glance
- Also called
- Grand Etteilla, Jean-Baptiste Alliette
- Traditions
- French occultism
- Regions
- Europe
- You need
- Nothing
- Price
- Free